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Re: Script in <a > tag in IE

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Tim Slattery wrote:

> I have a tag that looks like this:
> 
> <a href="#" onclick="addAttachments();return false;">Add
> Attachments</a>

That is an _element_, not a tag.  This “a” element (because “a” is the name 
of its type) consists of tags,

  <a href="#" onclick="addAttachments();return false;">

(start-tag, with attribute specifications), and

  </a>

(end-tag), and (text) content:

  Add Attachments

See also: <http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/intro/sgmltut.html#h-3.2.1>
 
> The "addAttachments" function adds a row to a table and populates it.
> It's supposed to do only that, and nothing else. That's why "return
> false;" is there, to disable the normal click function for the tag
> 
> In Firefox and Chrome, this works just fine. Each time I click "Add
> Attachments" another row is added to the table. But in IE, it
> malfunctions.
> 
> On the first click in IE, it works fine. The second time, it acts like
> Javascript has been disabled. No new row is added, and it jumps to the
> top of the page (the "#" in the href, I presume). Also: there is a
> button in the newly added row to delete it. If I click that and delete
> the row, the next click on "Add Attachments" works fine. But anytime I
> click it with a newly added row in the table, it jumps to the top of
> the page.
> 
> Anybody have a clue?

The addAttachments() function has caused a runtime error in IE/MSHTML, 
therefore afterwards no further script code in that document is being 
executed.  There should be a yellow icon on the left-hand side of the status 
bar which you can double-click and see (to some extent) what the problem is 
and where it is located (while the line number is close to the erroneous 
one, the filename may be wrong).

If you have IE 7 or IE ≥ 8, you can use the IE Developer Tools to find out 
more; for IE 7 there is an add-on, for IE ≥ 8 you can press F12.  There is 
also Firebug Lite which, after loaded (e.g. via bookmarklet), responds to 
the same keyboard shortcut.

However, you should not be using that approach because it does not work 
without client-side script support; use a script-augmented HTML form 
instead.

If at all necessary, at least generate the “a” element dynamically so that 
users where it cannot work do not have to bother with the non-working 
element in the first place.
 
-- 
PointedEars

Twitter: @PointedEars2
Please do not Cc: me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.

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Script in <a  > tag in IE Tim Slattery <Slattery_T@bls.gov> - 2013-02-07 14:32 -0500
  Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2013-02-07 20:47 +0100
    Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Tim Slattery <Slattery_T@bls.gov> - 2013-02-07 15:08 -0500
      Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-02-07 21:20 +0100
      Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE SAM <stephanemoriaux.NoAdmin@wanadoo.fr.invalid> - 2013-02-09 16:42 +0100
    Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-02-07 21:30 +0000
      Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-02-08 07:08 +0000
        Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Christoph Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> - 2013-02-08 16:30 +0100
          Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-02-08 15:41 +0000
  Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-02-07 21:02 +0100
    Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Eric Bednarz <bednarz@fahr-zur-hoelle.org> - 2013-02-09 00:19 +0100
      Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Eric Bednarz <bednarz@fahr-zur-hoelle.org> - 2013-02-09 00:25 +0100
      Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-02-09 14:35 +0100
        Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Eric Bednarz <bednarz@fahr-zur-hoelle.org> - 2013-02-09 22:27 +0100
  Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2013-02-09 20:33 +0100
    Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-02-10 00:08 +0100
      Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2013-02-10 00:52 +0100
        Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-02-10 01:07 +0100
          Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2013-02-10 01:20 +0100
            Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-02-10 01:27 +0100
              Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2013-02-10 01:43 +0100
                Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-02-10 13:55 +0100
                Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2013-02-10 20:38 +0100
                Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-02-10 21:28 +0100
                Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-02-10 21:37 +0100
                Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2013-02-10 22:56 +0100
                Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Eric Bednarz <bednarz@fahr-zur-hoelle.org> - 2013-02-11 00:09 +0100
                Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Eric Bednarz <bednarz@fahr-zur-hoelle.org> - 2013-02-11 00:30 +0100
                Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2013-02-11 00:43 +0100
                Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-02-11 01:02 +0100
                Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Eric Bednarz <bednarz@fahr-zur-hoelle.org> - 2013-02-11 01:16 +0100
                Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-02-11 01:49 +0100
                Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Eric Bednarz <bednarz@fahr-zur-hoelle.org> - 2013-02-11 17:59 +0100
                Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-02-11 18:19 +0100
                Re: Script in <a > tag in IE Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2013-02-11 13:03 -0800
                Re: Script in <a > tag in IE Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-02-11 22:09 +0100
                Re: Script in <a > tag in IE Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2013-02-11 13:59 -0800
                Re: Script in <a > tag in IE "Richard Cornford" <Richard@litotes.demon.co.uk> - 2013-02-18 00:15 +0000
                Re: Script in <a > tag in IE Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2013-02-21 12:33 -0800
                Re: Script in <a > tag in IE "Richard Cornford" <Richard@litotes.demon.co.uk> - 2013-02-22 00:59 +0000
                Re: Script in <a > tag in IE Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2013-02-23 07:54 -0800
                Re: Script in <a > tag in IE Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-02-22 02:00 +0100
                Re: Script in <a > tag in IE Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-02-22 01:12 +0100
                Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-02-11 01:38 +0100
                Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-02-11 00:48 +0100
                Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-02-11 01:09 +0100
                Re: Script in <a  > tag in IE Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2013-02-20 00:07 +0100
        Re: Script in <a > tag in IE dhtml <dhtmlkitchen@gmail.com> - 2013-02-11 07:30 -0800

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